If the Shoe Fits: What’s Your Focus?
by Miki SaxonA Friday series exploring Startups and the people who make them go. Read all If the Shoe Fits posts here
I read a great article about a guy who is CEO of a private 1.5 billion dollar company that sports a 20% compounded growth rate every year since 1988.
Not bad for someone who focuses on people instead of products and profit.
His name is Bob Chapman and the company is Barry-Wehmiller and he believes that if you create a culture with a relentless focus on building employees so each one achieves everything possible then the products and profits will follow.
Chapman’s sums it up in his tagline.
“We Build GREAT People Who Do EXTRAORDINARY Things.”
This goes back to our conversation about the startup social contract, but goes beyond startup and shows what people-focused value means in the long-term.
Chapman explains his approach in the following TEDx talk and you can learn more at Barry-Wehmiller’s well-stocked YouTube channel.
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